Re: How would I write this query...

2006-02-19 Thread Charlie Griefer
WHERE
 companyName LIKE '#form.companyName#%'

the LIKE is similar to 'contains'.  the % is a wildcard character, so
putting it at the end of the string means any string that starts with
#form.companyName#.


On 2/19/06, Rick Faircloth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 What I'm after would be a list
 of the company names that
 match the letters in the form field
 that start with the first letter of
 the company name...not with the
 form field letters just anywhere in the
 name...

 E.g

 Search for the letter A would bring up

 Allstate
 AIM

 Not:

 Hartford
 Allstate
 AIM

 or

 if the search was for  All...

 Allstate

 would match...

 ???

 Rick


 

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Re: How would I write this query...

2006-02-19 Thread James Holmes
WHERE companynamecolumn
LIKE cfqueryparam cfsqltype=cf_sql_varchar value=#FORM.letter#%

On 2/20/06, Rick Faircloth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 What I'm after would be a list
 of the company names that
 match the letters in the form field
 that start with the first letter of
 the company name...not with the
 form field letters just anywhere in the
 name...

 E.g

 Search for the letter A would bring up

 Allstate
 AIM

 Not:

 Hartford
 Allstate
 AIM

 or

 if the search was for  All...

 Allstate

 would match...

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CFAJAX docs and other useful articles:
http://jr-holmes.coldfusionjournal.com/

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RE: How would I write this query...

2006-02-19 Thread Baz
SELECT *
FROM XYZ
WHERE ColumnName like 'A%'



-Original Message-
From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 9:43 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: How would I write this query...

What I'm after would be a list
of the company names that
match the letters in the form field
that start with the first letter of
the company name...not with the
form field letters just anywhere in the
name...

E.g

Search for the letter A would bring up

Allstate
AIM

Not:

Hartford
Allstate
AIM

or

if the search was for  All...

Allstate

would match...

???

Rick




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Re: How would I write this query...

2006-02-19 Thread Josh Nathanson
Would that be ...

WHERE CompanyName LIKE '#form.CompanyName#%'

-- Josh




- Original Message - 
From: Rick Faircloth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CF-Talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 6:43 PM
Subject: How would I write this query...


 What I'm after would be a list
 of the company names that
 match the letters in the form field
 that start with the first letter of
 the company name...not with the
 form field letters just anywhere in the
 name...

 E.g

 Search for the letter A would bring up

 Allstate
 AIM

 Not:

 Hartford
 Allstate
 AIM

 or

 if the search was for  All...

 Allstate

 would match...

 ???

 Rick


 

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RE: How would I write this query...

2006-02-19 Thread Rick Faircloth
Perfect...thanks, Charlie...

Rick

 -Original Message-
 From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 9:52 PM
 To: CF-Talk
 Subject: Re: How would I write this query...
 
 
 WHERE
  companyName LIKE '#form.companyName#%'
 
 the LIKE is similar to 'contains'.  the % is a wildcard character, so
 putting it at the end of the string means any string that starts with
 #form.companyName#.
 
 




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RE: How would I write this query...

2006-02-19 Thread Rick Faircloth
Thanks, James!

Rick

 -Original Message-
 From: James Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 9:54 PM
 To: CF-Talk
 Subject: Re: How would I write this query...
 
 
 WHERE companynamecolumn
 LIKE cfqueryparam cfsqltype=cf_sql_varchar value=#FORM.letter#%
 



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RE: How would I write this query...

2006-02-19 Thread Rick Faircloth
Thanks, Baz  Josh, too!

Rick

 -Original Message-
 From: Baz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 9:55 PM
 To: CF-Talk
 Subject: RE: How would I write this query...
 
 
 SELECT *
 FROM XYZ
 WHERE ColumnName like 'A%'
 
 



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